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International Political Science Association (IPSA)

Founded under UNESCO’s auspices in 1949, the International Political Science Association (IPSA) is a leading global scholarly association.

Submit Your Proposals to the 2027 IPSA World Congress
of Political Science!

The Call for Panels is now Open for the 29th IPSA World Congress of Political Science at Luiss Guido Carli in Rome, Italy, from 24-28 July 2027.

Submit an open or closed panel proposal on any topic in political science, including the Congress theme, Uncertain Democracies: Rethinking Governance in a Changing Global System. Don't miss this opportunity to present your research and exchange ideas with colleagues from around the world.
Please visit the World Congress website, wc2027.ipsa.org, for important details and submission guidelines.

The Call for Papers will open on 8 September 2026.

As a global scientific association with over 4,000 members, we are delighted to host the IPSA World Congress in Rome for the second time since 1958. The 2027 IPSA World Congress will be organized in collaboration with Luiss Guido Carli and the Società Italiana di Scienza Politica (SISP).

Submit Your Proposal Now

Discover Individual Membership Benefits and Become an IPSA Member

Join IPSA’s global political science community to connect with colleagues worldwide. As a member, you will get access to exclusive resources, events and networking opportunities while supporting IPSA’s mission to advance political science globally. Joining IPSA is now easier for individuals across various regions and financial backgrounds, thanks to the association’s country-based fee structure. Take advantage of unique benefits and connect with experts and peers all over the world.

For more information, please visit our website: ipsa.org/membership/individual

If you have any further questions, feel free to contact us at membership@ipsa.org.

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

Authored by some of the most outstanding academics in the IPSA community, IPSAMOOC is a joint project with Federica Web Learning that offers free online political science courses. Since its launch in 2016, over 100,000 people worldwide have benefited from IPSAMOOC courses in English and Spanish on the largest MOOC providers, Coursera and edX.
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SUMMER SCHOOLS

IPSA Summer Schools give social sciences scholars access to high-quality advanced training in qualitative and quantitative research methods in social and political science. To help students advance their methodological skillset and establish connections with peers from all over the world, IPSA has collaborated with local universities worldwide since 2010 to organize summer schools in methodology. It now includes six active and successful methods Summer Schools (Antalya, Mexico, Naples, São Paulo, Singapore and Santiago de Compostela) offering a wide range of courses in quantitative, qualitative, and formal research methods. Moreover, since 2021, the IPSA-Concordia Summer Institute in Applied Diplomacy, held in Montréal (Canada), has been IPSA’s first thematic Summer School. In 2026, IPSA also launched its second thematic Summer School, the IPSA-PPSA Summer School: Transforming Politics and Media in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, which will be held in Poznań, Poland.
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PUBLICATIONS

International Political Science Review
Established in 1980, the International Political Science Review (IPSR) is committed to publishing peer-reviewed articles that significantly contribute to political science. IPSR is published five times per year. Submit your manuscript electronically via our online interface.

International Political Science Abstracts
Established in 1951, the International Political Science Abstracts is a global resource, providing non-evaluative abstracts of articles published in scholarly journals from every region of the world. The Abstracts is published six times per year.

Governance Review
IPSA’s new journal, Governance Review, will be published by Sage in January 2027. The journal’s website is accepting manuscript submissions, and we warmly invite political scientists to contribute their work. Detailed instructions are available on the website.
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Gender and Diversity Monitoring Report
Since 2011, IPSA has published, every four years, the Gender and Diversity Monitoring Report, a gender and diversity monitoring survey to track the status of women and cultural communities in political science and strengthen their role in scientific research and organizations.